The "Project Scorpio" Xbox's developer kit (XDK) was outed a few weeks ago by Eurogamer, but we have a few juicy details to add.
Project Scorpio's dev kit comes with beefed up specs to help developers produce games across Xbox One, Scorpio, and Windows 10 PCs. Change-resilient games will scale in resolution across 900p to 1080p on Xbox One, all the way up to native 4K on Scorpio and capable Windows PCs. Developed for UWP utilizing compatible middleware, such as Microsoft's Havok physics engine, developers will be able to target all three platforms with a single codebase.
Project Scorpio's XDK comes with an array of hardware features to help streamline game testing and deployment on Microsoft's platform. In addition to a second Ethernet port for debugging, extra RAM, and additional GPU compute units, Scorpio has a unique OLED display panel and programmable buttons. Here's a closer look at Scorpio's LCD front panel, to give you a better idea of what developers will be able to do.
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